June 22 zodiac sign: Cancer, not Gemini
If you were born on June 22, your sign is Cancer, not Gemini: from 1980 to 2030 the Sun always enters Cancer on June 20 or 21, so this date is Cancer at any hour. The Sun sits about 1° into Cancer on this date, in the first decan, where Cancer's core takes on a Venus flavour. Here's what the date fixes, and what only your birth time can tell you.
Your sign: Cancer
The cardinal water sign that protects what it loves and remembers everything.
A Cancer Sun is built around emotional intelligence. You feel the room before anyone has spoken; you know who's about to cry, who's lying, and who's having a bad week. This is a real gift. It's also exhausting. The world doesn't have an off switch for empathy, and you absorb things you didn't sign up to absorb.
- ElementWater
- ModalityCardinal
- RulerMoon
- SeasonJune 21 – July 22
The date fixes the Sun; the hour fixes the rest. A Cancer born June 22 around sunset has Capricorn rising, and a different first impression from one born at dawn. Your rising sign needs the birth time; the twelve Cancer Sun combinations show what each one changes.
Cancer dates, traits & compatibility → · What a Cancer birth chart looks like →
In the US (2000–2014), an average of 11,301 babies were born on each June 22, rank 191 of 366 dates; Cancer is number 3 of 12 signs (8.84%). What's the most common zodiac sign?
The Moon on June 22, 1980–2030
Across the 51 years from 1980 to 2030, the Moon at noon UTC on June 22 was most often in Libra (6 years) and least often in Virgo (2 years). Unlike the Sun, the Moon sign depends on the birth year. On June 22, 2026, the Moon stays in Libra the whole UTC day.
- 1980 Libra
- 1981 Aquarius → Pisces 16:44
- 1982 Cancer
- 1983 Scorpio → Sagittarius 15:55
- 1984 Aries
- 1985 Leo
- 1986 Sagittarius → Capricorn 03:00
- 1987 Taurus
- 1988 Virgo → Libra 07:57
- 1989 Aquarius
- 1990 Gemini → Cancer 17:09
- 1991 Scorpio
- 1992 Pisces
- 1993 Cancer → Leo 08:26
- 1994 Sagittarius
- 1995 Aries → Taurus 11:35
- 1996 Virgo
- 1997 Capricorn → Aquarius 22:20
- 1998 Gemini
- 1999 Libra
- 2000 Aquarius → Pisces 07:52
- 2001 Cancer
- 2002 Scorpio → Sagittarius 11:42
- 2003 Aries
- 2004 Leo
- 2005 Sagittarius → Capricorn 02:52
- 2006 Taurus
- 2007 Virgo → Libra 11:43
- 2008 Aquarius
- 2009 Gemini → Cancer 17:12
- 2010 Scorpio
- 2011 Pisces
- 2012 Cancer → Leo 03:47
- 2013 Sagittarius
- 2014 Aries → Taurus 03:03
- 2015 Virgo
- 2016 Capricorn → Aquarius 20:08
- 2017 Gemini
- 2018 Libra → Scorpio 19:11
- 2019 Aquarius → Pisces 14:01
- 2020 Cancer
- 2021 Scorpio → Sagittarius 12:55
- 2022 Aries
- 2023 Leo
- 2024 Capricorn
- 2025 Taurus
- 2026 Libra
- 2027 Aquarius
- 2028 Gemini → Cancer 15:17
- 2029 Scorpio
- 2030 Pisces → Aries 14:45
In 21 of those 51 years (41%) the Moon changed sign during June 22 itself, so in those years the birth time decides the Moon as well as the rising sign. Cells with an arrow mark them, with the UTC time of the change. The Moon was exactly full on June 22 in 1986, 2005, and 2024, and new in 1990, 2009, and 2028.
Find your birth year. One sign means the Moon spent the whole UTC day there; an arrow means it changed sign that day, at the UTC time shown: born before it, the first sign; after it, the second. The Moon sign calculator settles it in seconds; your birth chart adds the rising sign and houses.
Times in UTC: a birth late in the evening in the Americas, or early in the morning in Asia, can fall on the neighbouring UTC date.
June 2026: full moon June 29, 2026, Capricorn · new moon June 15, 2026, Gemini.
Your decan: the first decan of Cancer
Each sign is divided into three 10° decans, and each decan has a sub-ruler that shades the sign's core. Degrees 0–10 of Cancer belong to Venus: how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value. Read it as Cancer with a Venus accent — the water core is unchanged, the emphasis moves.
Two of Cups
Partnership · Mutual attraction · Connection. The card assigned to this ten-degree slice of the zodiac — a birthday card in the same sense a sun sign is a birthday sign: one lens on the date, not a verdict.
Read the Two of Cups in full on My Day Check →All the tarot cards for June 22: decan, sign, ruling planet and year card →
What the date can't tell you
The Sun is one placement out of ten. Your Moon sign changes every two to three days, so Cancers born on June 22 in different years have different Moons; your rising sign changes every two hours and needs a birth time and place. Those two carry most of what people mean by "personality" in a chart.
Born June 22? Add your year, time and place
Your Moon and rising depend on the year and hour. Computed here in a few seconds — then your full chart with a preview of its reading, no sign-up.
Your big three
- Sun
- Moon
- Rising
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Or browse the twelve possibilities: Cancer Sun with each Moon → · just my Moon sign · how the free birth chart calculator works
Classic matches for a June 22 birthday
By sun sign, Cancer pairs most easily with Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus, Virgo. Sun-sign compatibility is the coarse layer; the couple reading compares both full charts.
Common questions
What zodiac sign is June 22?
June 22 is Cancer, the cardinal water sign ruled by Moon. The Sun sits at roughly 1° Cancer on this date, in the first decan.
What decan is June 22?
The first decan of Cancer (0°–10°), sub-ruled by Venus. Decans divide each sign into three 10° slices; the sub-ruler adds a second flavour to the sign's core — here how you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value.
What tarot card is June 22?
In the Golden Dawn system each decan has a minor arcana card: for the first decan of Cancer it is the Two of Cups (partnership, mutual attraction, connection). It's a birthday card in the same way a sun sign is — one lens, not a verdict.
What Moon sign is someone born on June 22?
It depends on the year, and in 41% of years on the hour too. For example: in 1980, Libra; in 1990, Gemini or Cancer; in 2000, Aquarius or Pisces; in 2010, Scorpio; in 2020, Cancer. Over 1980–2030 the Moon on June 22 was most often in Libra. A birth time and place pin it down.
Does everyone born on June 22 have the same chart?
No. They share the Sun in Cancer, but the Moon changes sign every two to three days, the rising sign every two hours, and the outer planets by year. Two people born June 22 in different years can have almost nothing else in common in their charts.